...RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FACEBOOK™ ACTIVITY AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AMONG AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS by Eric V. Brubaker Liberty University A Dissertation Presented in Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Education Liberty University April, 2013 1 The Relationship Between Facebook™ Activity and Academic Performance Among African American Students by Eric V. Brubaker A Dissertation Presented in Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Education Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA April, 2013 APPROVED BY: Amanda Rockinson-Szapkiw, Ed.D., Committee Chair Jennifer Courduff, Ph.D., Committee Member Judy Sandlin, Ph.D., Committee Member Scott Watson, Ph.D., Associate Dean, Advanced Programs 2 ABSTRACT This non-experimental, regression study examined the relationship between Facebook™ activity and academic performance for an African American sample population. The study was conducted at a large, four-year, private university in the Mid-Atlantic. All undergraduate, African American students enrolled in the College of General Studies, School of Health Sciences, and School of Education comprised the sample population. Volunteer participants completed a Facebook™ Activity Survey, which is an instrument used to collect semester grade point averages (GPAs), time-use of Facebook™, multitasking information, type of Facebook™ activities, and demographic information. The results of the...
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...tool” to boost students’ excitement in education. In the end, they are used, both overtly and covertly in classroom settings, despite the rules of not doing so. It is undeniable that cell phones are an integral part of college life and culture. However, cell phone use affects negatively academic performance because it distracts students from academic activities and it increases multitasking and task switching. First of all, students’ cell phone use is a distraction in academic courses. These devices enable students to access any electronic media such as text messages, videos, social media and the Internet at any time. As young generations are used to be entertained, this can potentially decrease the attention in the classroom and disrupt others while studying. For example, a ringing cell phone in class can interrupt the professor from giving instructions for a final test, and deter the entire class from listening. Accordingly, it encourages multitasking and task switching, which are negatively related to academic performance. Using the example above, the student will have to “redirect” his attention to turn down the volume and shift his full attention from the professor. This is called task switching. Peter Bregman wrote in the Harvard Business Review Blog Network that multitasking can reduce productivity by as much as 40%, increase stress and cause a 10-point fall in IQ. The brain cannot fully perform two tasks at the same time. Therefore, even if the student is reading an...
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...Multitasking is not something new to today’s modern society. We as people believe by doing multiple things at a time is faster and more of an effective way of doing things. In Alina Tugend’s New York Times article “Multitasking Can Make You Lose…Umm…Focus,” she explains that multitasking serves otherwise. She informs that it does more harm to our brain and body by causing us to lose focus and dividing our brains attention span in a way it was not meant to. Being an eighteen year old part time employee and full time student I found I could relate very well to this article. Therefore this reading needs to be featured in IVYT 101 course to ensure students like me, a safe and effective way through college. Edward M. Hallowell, a psychiatrist and author of “CrazyBusy: Overstretched, Overbooked, and About to Snap!” indicates “Multitasking is shifting focus from one task to another in rapid succession. It gives the illusion that we’re simultaneously tasking, but we’re really not. It’s like playing tennis with three balls.” (Tugend 714). When I’m stressed I tend to get anxious and lose focus wherein I try to take some of the work load of my shoulders, I’m sure others do this too, to do so I switch from one thing to another hoping to get something done ahead of time, which in reality never happens. As Edward Hallowell comments “you have to keep in mind that you sacrifice focus when you do this,” (Tugend 714). Most people know that focus is key to any accomplishment, if one do not focus...
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...Pedestrian Behavior: Multitasking while crossing an Intersection Many people pride themselves on the ability to multitask, which includes using cell phones while crossing the street. While current literature supports the phenomenon suggesting that more pedestrians are engaging in multitasking as they cross intersections. Multitasking was observed as pedestrians crossed the intersections of Georgia Avenue and Bryant Street in Washington Dc. Are there more people crossing the street who are multi-tasking, or who are not multitasking. How are pedestrians multi-tasking, as they cross the street, were participants using handset at their ears, using headphones, or looking down at their phones. Or finally if they chose not to multitask while they crossed the intersection. These finding suggest that pedestrians did not engage in multitasking while they proceeded to cross the intersection. Keywords: Multitasking, intersection, cell phone, headphones, handset, pedestrians. Risky Pedestrian Behavior: Multi-tasking at Intersections With the attention of cell-phone distraction while driving, its risks, injuries, and deaths in the media and research, we would consider that pedestrians would be more cautious with multi-tasking while crossing intersections. However, since we are in the age of technology, pedestrians are more likely to engage in multitasking. In a study, by (Stavrinos, Byington, & Schwebel 2011) the researchers argues that children view cell phones to...
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...The word multitasking connotes a way where a person can complete many tasks successfully in little amounts of time, where in reality “someone can do two things at once, but they can't focus effectively on two things at once” (Keller 3). Despite what many believe, it can be demonstrated that multitasking is terrible for the brain. While some argue that it’s beneficial to multitask, research proves that it’s detrimental to focus on many tasks simultaneously. A person wishing to increase the amount of free time they have will argue that multitasking allows you to combine tasks and get the job done faster. Many who support multitasking will say “rather than doing one thing after the other, a person can combine tasks so they can more quickly get everything done (Source 3). However rather than...
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...Have you ever wondered if multitasking is good for your brain? Do you ever wonder if social media has a part in multitasking? Multitasking can be effectively be done by teenagers. My reasons are multitasking is good for the brain, people on media are better at multitasking, and cognitive strategies use more efficient plans. First reason why multitasking can be efficiently done by teenagers is that, multitasking is good for the brain. Chinese researchers have found that multitasking in the 21st century style can be good for the brain. This suggests that it can be good for the brain but that's probably for chinese people. But chinese people found that multitasking 21st century style can't be good for the brain. This shows that multitaskers...
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...Multitasking plays an important role to teenagers lives. Some listen to music while playing video games. Others type a research report and answer their text messages, at the same time. Parents don’t think this is good for them. Multitasking is becoming widely common in teens. It allows them to have the world at their fingertips, and allowing them to stay connected with multiple media sources all at once. Although many adults and parents believe multitasking has negative effects on teens, studies might say otherwise. Multitasking has become widely common in teens recently. They can benefit a lot from it. Studies have shown that teens who multitask a lot tend to have good skills in their other 5 senses, such as sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste. These senses are beneficial and crucial to a teen’s life, they are what makes...
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...In the article, it was discovered that the average person’s attention span is becoming shorter and shorter. It has gone to the point that our attention span is now around 8 seconds, which is shorter than the average goldfish. As a college student, this impacts us in a negative way because a good focus is needed to do well in school. Although it was stated that our ability to multitask has improved, this is not as important as a good focus in college. There is no benefit to multitasking while studying or doing homework since that should be the only thing you focus on at the time. Also, the typical multitasking that students do while studying is to watch videos or listen to music. I do not think there is little that college students can...
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...post their version of the article (e.g. in Word or Tex form) to their personal website or institutional repository. Authors requiring further information regarding Elsevier’s archiving and manuscript policies are encouraged to visit: http://www.elsevier.com/copyright Author's personal copy Computers in Human Behavior 26 (2010) 1237–1245 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Computers in Human Behavior journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/comphumbeh FacebookÒ and academic performance Paul A. Kirschner a,*, Aryn C. Karpinski b a Centre for Learning Sciences and Technologies (CELSTEC), Open University of the Netherlands, Valkenburgerweg 177, 6419AT Heerlen, The Netherlands The Ohio State University, The College of Education and Human Ecology, The School of Educational Policy and Leadership, 29 West Woodruff Avenue, 210 Ramseyer Hall, Columbus, OH 43210 b article info Keywords: Facebook Social networking software Grade point average Academic performance abstract There is much talk of a change in modern youth – often referred to as digital natives or Homo Zappiens – with respect to their ability to simultaneously process multiple channels of information. In other words, kids today can multitask. Unfortunately for proponents of this position, there is much empirical documentation concerning the negative effects of attempting to simultaneously process different streams of...
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...------------------------------------------------- Colors: * 16 777 216 * ------------------------------------------------- Touchscreen: * Multi-touch * Features: * Light sensor MULTIMEDIA * ------------------------------------------------- Music player: * Filter by: * Album, Artist * Features: * Album art cover, Background playback * Speakers: * Stereo speakers TECHNOLOGY * Data: * LTE, HSPA (unspecified) OTHER FEATURES * ------------------------------------------------- Sensors: * Accelerometer * Voice recording Introduction Summary: How can we keep students focused on schoolwork with all the electronic temptations surrounding them? By engaging the students completely with our lessons, keeping students actively involved in their learning, and reflecting on our practice to avoid blaming the technology or kids’ short attention spans, in my opinion. Let’s face it: Most kids love gadgets. They...
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...going in the wrong direction ..iska kuch nae ho sakta What actually happens--- reminds me a song from pyaar ka punchnama …Ban gaya kutta dekho ban gaya kutta.. Actually there are researches..emperical ones done on this topic.. These are the facts:- “No A 4 U: The Relationship between Multitasking and Academic Performance” Juncoa, Reynol; Cotten, Shelia R. Computers & Education, 2012, Vol. 59, Issue 2, September 2012, 505-514. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2011.12.023. Findings: The researchers examine how the use of Facebook — and engagement in other forms of digital activity — while trying to complete schoolwork was associated with college students’ grade point averages. Students gave the researchers permission to see their grades. The participant group was 64% female, and 88% were of traditional college age, 18 to 22 years old. The study’s findings include: During coursework, “students spent the most time using Facebook, searching for non-school-related information online, and emailing. While doing schoolwork outside of class, students reported spending an average of 60 minutes per day on Facebook, 43 minutes per day searching, and 22 minutes per day on email. Lastly, students reported sending an average of 71 texts per day while doing...
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...Running Head: MULTITASKING AND ITS EFFECTS ON HUMAN FOCUS1 Multitasking and its Effects on Human Focus Damon Kindell Central Carolina Technical College MULTITASKING AND ITS EFFECTS ON HUMAN FOCUS2 Abstract Can doing too many things at once be productive or hazardous? Our world today is so occupied with people and business that handling multiple tasks at one time has become as normal as combing your hair. In recent years statistics and studies have shown that multitasking may seem to appear harmless but in fact decreases our productivity in accomplishing short goals. Whether by media or personal interruptions, a drop in full concentration is significant. (Yeung, N & Monsell, 2003). MULTITASKING AND ITS EFFECTS ON HUMAN FOCUS3 As we look at how media is rapidly changing our world it also increases the numerous things that we can achieve. At least that what it seems. The advancements in technology in today's world are to make life smooth and less complicated, but at the same time very distracting. Think about the many times you may have had to meet a deadline and near the end of reaching this goal you were side tracked by tid bits of personal business that eventually took up more time than you expected. Were they really actually that important than meeting the deadline? Maybe we could have waited? Reaching goals in our lifetime are very important. As big as they come or as small as they leave concentrating on attaining the goal is supreme. It can spell the difference...
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...Sheila May V. Domingo BSBA-4L 07-01-15 Related Literature Impact of Social Networking Websites on Students Author: Shahzad Khan Abasyn Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 5 No. 2 http://aupc.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/V5I2-5.pdf According to Charlene Li et al (2007) student activity on social networking sites focuses on communicating with each other. The most popular activities done by students and users on social networking sites revolve around looking at profiles of one another, searching for someone here and there, or updating one’s own profile, eavesdropping (sensing others activities on social networking websites and analyzing their posts). Media and content related activities like looking for an event, watching online videos, or listening to music and news. The ratios of these common activities which are almost practiced by almost every social networking websites user are calculated. Greenhow & Robelia (2009), Madge et al (2009) & Selwyn (2009) point of view social networking websites best serve educational goal and objectives by connecting students through such informal methods as it allows student through the process of collaborative sense making. Some of social networking websites are specifically specified for educational environment including linkedin.com which is fully featured for education purpose and let user to updates his educational credential and make a professional connections. In addition to the above statement Ellision et al (2007)...
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...Hypothesis 6 Multitasking: 6 Methodology 6 Task 1 (Sudoku Puzzle): 6 Task 2 (Word Puzzle): 7 Experiment 1: 7 Experiment 2: 7 Experiment 3: 7 Results and Findings 8 Interpretation 9 Are women better at multitasking? 10 Conclusion 10 APPENDIX 12 References 16 Executive Summary The question that is under consideration is whether multitasking is good and how it affects performance. Initially a survey was floated for the students of Indian institute of Management Bangalore which was done to get a general perception about multitasking among the MBA graduates. We found that a majority think that multitasking improves productivity. To validate this we conducted experiments in which subjects were made to do two tasks under three different conditions. In the first experiment, subjects were made to perform the two tasks sequentially, in the second they were forced to switch between the tasks and in the third they were free to do in their own way. Results of the experiments show that the performance was better when the tasks were scheduled (Experiment -1) than during multitasking (Experiment- 2). However, the performance was no better when the subjects were free to do the tasks as per their will (Experiment-3). Also, women are perceived to be better multi-taskers than men but the results did not show any significant difference for the same. Aim Multitasking is at the heart of today’s workplace. To understand COLLEGE’s perception towards multitasking we conducted...
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...Running head: Myers-Briggs and SVIB Tests Myers-Briggs and SVIB Tests Name: Institution: Course: Tutor: Date Abstract Myers-Briggs and SVIB Tests are personality test carried on people. These tests are important because they help to gauge the people personality. This paper will analyze this tests and whether they are applicable to a college student taking a business course. Myers-Briggs personality test This is a type of test that help people to know their personality or the reason they behave in a particular way. This test will help people to know why they behave in a certain way and can also improve the relationship with others. MBIT uses four indicators namely Introversion /Extraversion, Thinking/Feeling, Intuition/Sensing, and Judging/Perceiving. Introversion or Extraversion I posses introversion characteristics which include: thinking before acting, always internally motivated by something and loves direct communication others. Thinking before acting helps me to avoid regretting the result achieved. This helps me to avoid collision with others or doing something that might have high regrets in future. This helps me make informed decisions which are based on facts not mere assumptions. In future while working: it will help me in achieving the best result in all my duties. I also prefer one on one communication...
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